Garment fastener



June 26, 1923. 1,459,966

R; H. ANDERSON GARMENT FASTENER Fil-ed 001,. 14 1920 @bfi Patented Jane 2a, i923. I I lgt Arr `rric. i

ROY H. ANDERSOMOF ST. JAMES, MINNESOTA.

GARMENT FASTENER.

Application filed October 14,4 1920. Serial No. 416,908.

.T all whom it may concern: slot 11. From the outer terminal of the Be it known that I, ROY H. ANDERSON, slot 11 extends a resilient spring 12 formed a citizen of the United States, residing at in any suitable mannerbut which may be 45 St. James, in the county of VVatonwan and constructed by a pressed out portion of the State of Minnesota, have invented certain material from which the plate is made. new and useful Improvements in a Gar- This member 12 is resilient and terminates ment Fastener, of which the following isa in a finger clamp 13` Spececasm f AS illustrated in Fig. e, al@ two members 50 This invention relates to garment vfasare assembled by passing the spherical stop teners and particularly t0 a snap fastener member throughthe opening 10 so that the for ladies garments, gloves, et cetera. stud is lodged in the opening and the spring The primary object 0f the invention is -member 12 forces the member 13 into ento provide a snap fastener which can not be gagement with the spherical stop member 5. e accidentally or casually pulled yapart after In this manner the two elements are held 15 being connected. against accidental or casual displacement Other objects of the invention will ap# and it will be impossible to disconnect the pear upon consideration of the following complementary members of the fastener detail description and accompanyingr drawuntil the spring member is pulled outwardings, wherein ly therefrom. Figure 1 is a perspective view showing that I claim is the two elements which constitute the con- A garment fastener comprising a pai necting members for the fastener,` of complementary disks, one of said disks Figure 2 is a longitudinal section through having a centrally located stud having anC5 the same, enlarged spherical head, the other disk be- Referring to the drawing by numerals, a ing provided with a central opening having portion of the garment 1 has one yof the communication withy a rectangular slot, said elements attached thereto and the same cone opening being sufficiently large to receive sists of a plate 2 securedby fastening memthe head of said stud, a resilient spring bers 3 to the garment this being accomformed on the edge of the central opening plished by thread or any other fastening at a point opposite the rectangular slot, and

means according to the size of the fastener -a finger angularly disposed on the end of and the type of goods to which it is atvthe "resilient spring so that same is positached. Projecting centrally from the plate tioned directly over the rectangular slot and r 2 is a stud 4 uponfwhich -a spherical stop engages the spherical head for holdingthe 3" member 5 is mounted. f stud in the slot when the complementary Attached to the portion of the garment fastening members are assembled. 6 to which the portion 1 is t0 be attached is ln testimony whereof, I have affixed my the complementary fastening member 7 signature in the presence of two witnesses. i

which `consists of a disk 8 secured by the ROY H. ANDERSON. fastening members 9. Near the center of the l Witnesses: p

disk 8 is an opening which has a circular J. E. HnesrnoM,

end 10 in communication with a rectangular 'MAY Pn'rnnsnN. 

